1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China

doi:10.1126/sciadv.adk3208

	1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China
	Miao, Lanyun 4; Yin, Zongjun 4; Knoll, Andrew H.3; Qu, Yuangao 2; Zhu, Maoyan 1,4
刊名	SCIENCE ADVANCES
	2024-01-24
卷号	10 期号:4 页码:12
ISSN号	2375-2548
DOI	10.1126/sciadv.adk3208
通讯作者	Zhu, Maoyan(myzhu@nigpas.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Multicellularity is key to the functional and ecological success of the Eukarya, underpinning much of their modern diversity in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Despite the widespread occurrence of simple multicellular organisms among eukaryotes, when this innovation arose remains an open question. Here, we report cellularly preserved multicellular microfossils (Qingshania magnifica) from the similar to 1635-million-year-old Chuanlinggou Formation, North China. The fossils consist of large uniseriate, unbranched filaments with cell diameters up to 190 micrometers; spheroidal structures, possibly spores, occur within some cells. In combination with spectroscopic characteristics, the large size and morphological complexity of these fossils support their interpretation as eukaryotes, likely photosynthetic, based on comparisons with extant organisms. The occurrence of multicellular eukaryotes in Paleoproterozoic rocks not much younger than those containing the oldest unambiguous evidence of eukaryotes as a whole supports the hypothesis that simple multicellularity arose early in eukaryotic history, as much as a billion years before complex multicellular organisms diversified in the oceans.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2022YFF0800100] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41888101] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41921002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41972204] ; Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team[JCTD-2020-18]
WOS关键词	SULFUR BACTERIA THIOPLOCA ; CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL ; BEGGIATOA ; MICROFOSSILS ; CONSTRAINTS ; EVOLUTION ; HYPERSALINE ; ORGANISMS ; SYSTEM ; RECORD
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:001185091400006
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43578]
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Zhu, Maoyan
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Deep Sea Sci & Engn, Sanya 572000, Peoples R China 3.Harvard Univ, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Miao, Lanyun,Yin, Zongjun,Knoll, Andrew H.,et al. 1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China[J]. SCIENCE ADVANCES,2024,10(4):12.
APA	Miao, Lanyun,Yin, Zongjun,Knoll, Andrew H.,Qu, Yuangao,&Zhu, Maoyan.(2024).1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China.SCIENCE ADVANCES,10(4),12.
MLA	Miao, Lanyun,et al."1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China".SCIENCE ADVANCES 10.4(2024):12.